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Cloud County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cloud County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 28 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cloud County economy

  • 3.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 4,572

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,973

    people in Cloud County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $57,333

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cloud County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cloud County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Cloud County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. University of Kansas3 open roles
  2. Amarr1 open role
  3. Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group b...1 open role
  4. Bartlett & West1 open role
  5. Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
  6. Cloud County Community College1 open role
  7. Davita1 open role
  8. Five Below1 open role
  9. Gecko Hospitality1 open role
  10. Georgia IT1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cloud County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board

    Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita

Cities in Cloud County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Cloud County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Kansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.